CAPF-AC Sample Practice Paper-10 ( General Studies)

Directions (Q.Nos. 1-5) These questions are based on the information given below. In a class of 84 students, boys and girls are in the ratio 5: 7. Among the girls 7 can speak Hindi and English. 50% of the total students can speak only Hindi. The ratio of the number of students speaking only Hindi to that speaking only English is 21 : 16. The ratio of the number of boys speaking English only to that of girls speaking English only is 3 : 5.

1. What is the number of boys who speak both the languages?

(a) 4 
(b) 5 
(c) 3 
(d) 2

2. What is the number of girls who speak English only?

(a) 10 
(b) 12
(c) 20 
(d) 22

3. What is the ratio of number of boys who speak Hindi only to that of girls who speak Hindi only?

(a) 10: 11 
(b) 11:10 
(c) 2 : 5 
(d) 3 : 5

4. How many girls can speak Hindi?

(a) 22 
(b) 23
(c) 27 
(d) 29

5. What is the ratio of the number of boys who speak English to that of girls who do so?

(a) 5 : 9 
(b) 5 : 8 
(c) 3 : 5 
(d) 9 : 5

6. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

            List I                             List II
          (Border)                 (Guarding Forces) 
a. India-Pakistan             1. Indo-Tibetan Police Force
b. India-Nepal                 2. Border Security Force
c. India-China                 3. Sashashtra Seema Bal
d. India-Myanmar           4. Asom Rifles

        A    B     C     D
(a)    2     1     3     4 
(b)    4     3     1     2 
(c)    2     3     1     4 
(d)    4     1     3     2

7. If India adopts two time zones based on 75°E meridian for western India and 90°E meridian for eastern India, which one among the following states of eastern India will be benefitted most?

(a) Manipur 
(b) Paschim Banga
(c) Asom 
(d) Bihar

8. Arrange the following hills of southern India from North to South?

(a) Nilgiri 
(b) Cardamom
(c) Nallamala 
(d) Anaimalai
Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) 3, 1, 4, 2 
(b) 4, 3, 1, 2 
(c) 1, 3, 4, 2 
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4

9. Which one among the following local winds is not characteristically hot and dry?

(a) Sirocco 
(b) Mistral
(c) Khamsin 
(d) Chinook

10. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

        List I                     List II
a. Iron oxide           1. Glossy finish on wood and steel 
b. Varnish               2. Colourless shining protective coating on wood

Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) Only 1 
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2 
(d) Neither 1 nor 2

11. Consider the following statements about the post-cold war directional changes in Indian foreign policy

1. By the mid 1990s, Indian foreign policy submitted itself to a process of adaptive learning to boost its status and influence in the global pecking order.
2. Ind ia n f or e ign poli cy h a s s hif t e d f r om a n overemphasis on idealism during the cold war era to pragmatic realism in the post-cold war era.
3. Indian foreign policy is geared to established tangible economic and security partnership with major regions and countries of the world.
Which of the statement given above is/are correct? 
(a) 1 and 2 
(b) Only 1
(c) Only 2 
(d) 1, 2 and 3

12. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists

            List I                         List II 
a. Enamel paint             1. Exterior and interior brick walls 
b. Emulsion paint          2. Preparatory coating on steel 
         A     B     C     D 
(a)     4     1      2      3 
(b)     3     1      2      4 
(c)     4     2      1      3 
(d)     3     2      1      4

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13. Which one among the following places is not covered by the Golden Chariot, the luxury train designed to visit the historical places of South India?

(a) Hyderabad 
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Goa 
(d) Mysore

14. Who among the following was not a non-government representative in the Lokpal Bill Drafting Committee, 2011?

(a) Kiran Bedi
(b) Arvind Kejriwal 
(c) Prashant Bhushan 
(d) Shanti Bhushan

15. Why is Nagpur promoted as the tiger capital of the world?

1. Nagpur is the major store house of tigers as the districts adjacent to Nagpur have many tiger reserves and sanctuaries.
2. Nagpur has infrastructure that can support a large tourist industry,

    (Festival)                 (Community/ Ethnic Group) 
a. Nongkrem              1. Khasi
b. Chapchar Kut        2. Mising
c. Kherai Puja            3. Bodo
d. Ali-Ai-Ligang         4. Mizo 
         A     B    C     D
(a)     1     4     3      2 
(b)     1     3     4      2 
(c)     2     3     4      1 
(d)     2     4     3      1

16. The following sentences describe one of the sites of the Harappan civilization "The settlement is divided into two sections, one smaller but higher and the other much lar ger but lowe r. Archaeologists designate these as the citadel and the lower town respectively. Both were walled. Several buildings were built on platforms, which served as foundations."

Which of the following sites does it refer to? 
(a) Harappa
(b) Mohenjodaro
(c) Lothal
(d) Kalibangan

17. Which one among the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Power of the Parliament: Creating a new state 
(b) Power of state legislature : Altering the name of the state
(c) Equality before law : Guaranteed to both Indian citizens and non-citizens
(d) Equality of opportunity : Guaranteed to only Indian citizens

18. Which of the following statements regarding Regional Rural Banks (RRB) in India is/are correct?

1. The basic aim of setting up the RRBs is to develop rural economy.
2. The area of RRBs is limited to a specific region comprising one or more districts.
3. RRBs are sponsored by Commercial Banks.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below
(a) Only 1 
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3 
(d) 1, 2 and 3

19. Which one among the following is not an institution of Indian Money Market?

(a) Reserve Bank of India
(b) Bill Brokers
(c) Merchant Bankers
(d) Non-Banking Financial Intermediaries

20. The Naxalites have attacked a town in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh killing 12 security personnel. When the paramilitary forces responded by giving chase to the Naxalites, they retreated to a village and are now taking shelter in the village huts by making the tribals there human shields against the paramilitary froces. Which amongst the following statements is the best response by the paramilitary forces in this situation?

(a) The paramilitary forces should open fire on the village as it is hiding the Naxalites
(b) The paramilitary forces should surround the village and offer to negotiate peacefully to avoid civilian casualties by offering a surrender policy
(c) The paramilitary forces should utilize air power to target the Naxalites from the air
(d) The paramilitary forces should surround the village and then send in 'special police officers' to attack the Naxalites

21. At the time of short-circuit, the current in the circuit

(a) reduces substantially
(b) does not change
(c) increases heavily
(d) varies continuously

22. Transformers are used in between the electric power stations and homes or factories in order to

(a) minimize the power loss in transmission cables 
(b) minimize the voltage drop in transmission cables 
(c) minimize the current drop in the transmission cables 
(d) provide constant voltage at the user end

23. An elderly person while trying to read a book at about 25 cm from the eyes finds the image appears blurred because of the decreasing effectiveness of the ciliary muscles and the loss of flexibility of the lens. This defect of the eyes is called

(a) myopia 
(b) astigmatism
(c) hypermetropia 
(d) presbyopia

24. The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Earth is maximum and it

(a) increases as we go up
(b) decreases as we go up or down
(c) increases as we go down
(d) neither increases nor decreases as we go up or down

25. 'Hydraulic brakes' and 'Hydraulic lift' are devices in which fluids are used for transmitting

(a) force 
(b) momentum
(c) pressure 
(d) power

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Answer:-
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (a) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (c) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (b) 10. (c) 
11. (a) 12. (a) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (a) 16. (a) 17. (b) 18. (d) 19. (d) 20. (b)
21. (c) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (b) 25. (c)